Improvement in bee-hives



J. BU LL06 K.

Bee-Hive.

Patented Feb. 16,1875.

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N'IED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 159,893, dated February16, 1875; application filed April 14, 1874.

the cap being removed, and a portion of the straw mat used in winterbeing broken away. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, the top, one side, theback end, and a comb-frame being removed.

1n the drawing, A represents the bottom board, across which ispermanently secured the front B of the hive, having in its lower partthe opening a for the ingress and egress of the bees. B B are the sides,andB the back wall, of the hive. O is a cap-box, which sits over the topof the hive-walls. The sides have a vertical batten, 12, secured to theinner face near each end, and across these is stretched a cotton fabric,0, over which narrow wooden slats d are nailed at their ends to thebattens, making the sides doublewalled. On the approach of cold weatherthe spaces between the double walls are tilled with sawdust, spent tan,or other non-conductor of heat, to regulate the temperature of the hive,and keep out cold. During the working-season the fabric does notinterfere with the ventilation. A cleat, e, is nailed to and projectsfrom each batten to embrace a batten, f, on the inner ends of the frontand rear walls, the latter having metallic spring-staples g at eachside, which embrace forcibly the rear ends of the sides, and thus keepthe walls in place. D are the comb-frames, each of which has a pin, t,projecting upward from the front of the upper end, into ahole in acleat, j, horizontally secured to the front board. Its lower front endrests upon a cross-bar, 70, secured to the bottom board at the foot ofthe front Wall, and a notch in its end embraces a stud, l, thereon. Therearend rests in a gain cut across a crossbar, m, transversely securedto the bottom board, permitting each frame to be lifted out withoutdisturbing the rest. E is a bar having gains cut across its face toembrace the rear ends of the frames, and forms a binder to keep them inplace. F is a slatted frame, longitudinally placed on top of the Walls,and across it cap-boxes may be placed during the working-season. On theapproach of winter these should be removed, and on top of it should belaid the straw mat G to exclude the cold. This mat is held down firmlyupon the slatted frame by a bar, a, at each end slipped under dovetaillugs 0, at the corners of the side walls.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A bee-hive, one of the walls of which is secured to its floor, and theother three Walls and the roof held in position by connection with thefirst, and separably removable, the the comb-frames being held inposition by attachment at one end to the fixed wall, the other endresting in notches or grooves in a transverse sill, as shown anddescribed.

JOHN BULLOCK. Witnesses:

E. B. 1\/IOREHOUSE, CHARLES P. JOHNSON.

